Music is the most essential part of a Homecoming Dance. It has the power to make people stay for longer or leave earlier. In fact, the point of Homecoming is to jump and dance with your friends to your favorite songs while not having to worry about school.

Most DJ’s tend to lean on the safer side and they won’t play very inappropriate songs, even if that’s what the students want. In past years, this has been the case, but not this year.

“I thought it was better than last year, for sure,” senior Reese Turman said. “I feel like a lot more people were jumping around and everything.” 

A good example of this is the song FE!N by Travis Scott. This song is popular in concerts and is known for being a song people mosh together and go crazy with. 

“It’s just funny that they would play it at a school dance,” Turman said. 

Although the music got slightly less consistent as the night went on, overall, most students said it was way better than imagined. 

“I was really excited and turning up,” senior Jayden Moody said. “It kind of died off, but you know, I was bringing the energy.” 

While the music was pumping, the king and queen were crowned. King candidates were Peyton Turman, Tim Boomgarden, Luke Ludacka, Gus Schultz, Charlie Lamski, and Kayd Matthews, with football player Boomgarden crowned king.

The queen candidates were Olivia Bailey, Sophia Anderson, Reese Turman, Emerson Karstens, Ava McCaslin, and Maureen Kubicek. The queen was crowned to softball, basketball, and track star Reese Turman. 

FE!N is a song from Travis Scott’s most recent album, Utopia, and was definitely the favorite of the night.

“I feel like it shows that they are not being as strict now because the kids, obviously, like that song, and everyone knows it,” junior Jayden Vetock said. “So they are playing it for the kids, rather than saying no because it’s not a very good song.”